Damnit, I'm addicted to HGTV!!!

How I can spend almost an entire Saturday afternoon with the television on one channel is funny to me- I'm a channel surfer and my attention span is not THAT great. However, there's something about this channel, with its insidious redecorating programs (I am addicted to the idea of re-doing things- or re-editing things lol). It started out innocently enough; watching "Trading Spaces" on The Learning Channel. Then it grew to watching "A Makeover Story". Then it shifted to "While You Were Out" (Robert Verdi can be amusing once u get past those sunglasses that appear to be sutured to his head---fierce designer sunglasses, but sunglasses nonetheless). And yes, I would make a special effort to be home when "Extreme Makeover" would come on ABC. Then...I discovered HGTV- Home and Garden fucking television! I have always had an interest in interior design and renovations- there's something very aspirational about seeing people re-do their home with a $100,000 budget (but it does make the apartment that you rent in Brooklyn feel like a bullshit tenemant long-abandoned!). The people that they enlist to overhaul perfectly "livable" living quarters are always personable, relatively physically attractive (most of the time), and completely accomplished in their field. They KNOW their shit! They always come up with ideas that you would NEVER have thought about but somehow work brilliantly in the overall scheme of things. I find myself going into my friend's spaces and doing a "Design Remix" (one of my favorite HGTV shows). I am always thinking, as I'm sitting in my TV room "How can I make this space more livable"- even though the room is actually quite comfortable! I am always re-editing, always taking mental inventory of what I have and what I CAN have. I can't help it! What I wouldn't give to have total and complete access to some gifted carpenter who could build ANYTHING I want, custom-made; to have Ty Pennington for two days to do my bidding! Of course, anytime Oprah has Neal Berkus (sp) on her show, I make a mental note to myself to try to catch it (don't have TIVO yet!). All of these shows pull me in and speak to the interior designer in me- at least for that 30 to 60 minutes. Shows like Design on a Dime, Design Remix, Designing for the Sexes, reDesign, Designer Finals oh God somebody HELP ME!!!DAMN YOU HGTV!!!!!!